Calvin Maples Cureton

Full Name: Calvin Maples Cureton
Date of birth: September 1, 1874
Date of death: April 8, 1940

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	74	Jan 10, 1911 - Jan 14, 1913	32nd	Democrat	Meridian / Bosque		Bosque, Johnson
H	74	Jan 12, 1909 - Jan 10, 1911	31st ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Meridian / Bosque		Bosque, Johnson

(1) Democrat; roster of members of the 31st Legislature with biographical and party information. "Year Book 1909," Number 13, May-June 1910, pp. 408-415. Bulletin (Texas Department of Agriculture).

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House District 74
Jan 10, 1911 - Jan 14, 1913
Legislatures: 32nd
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Meridian / Bosque
Counties in district: Bosque, Johnson

House District 74
Jan 12, 1909 - Jan 10, 1911
Legislatures: 31st ⁽¹⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Meridian / Bosque
Counties in district: Bosque, Johnson

(1) Democrat; roster of members of the 31st Legislature with biographical and party information. "Year Book 1909," Number 13, May-June 1910, pp. 408-415. Bulletin (Texas Department of Agriculture).

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Resolutions and Journal entries

39th Legislature, R.S., 2/17/1925, p. 712, W.E. Cureton. Relatives: Hon. W.E. Cureton - father, Hon. C.M. Cureton - son. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

CURETON, CALVIN MAPLES (1874-1940). Handbook of Texas Online.
Portrait and biographical sketch, p. 22. Texans and Their State: A Newspaper Reference Work, 1918.
Honorary, January 1938, pp. 9-13. Texas Bar Journal.
Memorial, November 1951, p. 657, for Hugh J. Cureton, Sr. Relatives: William E. Cureton - father, "a pioneer rancher and former member of the Texas Legislature"; C.M. Cureton - son, "former Attorney General of Texas who served as chief justice of the Supreme Court of Texas." Texas Bar Journal.
Cureton, Calvin Maples. Texas State Cemetery.

Military Service Notes

Company I, 3rd Texas Volunteer Infantry. Calvin Maples Cureton, birth date 9/1/1874, enlistment date 5/11/1898, discharge date 2/22/1899, death date 4/8/1940. FamilySearch United States Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940, 1985.
Company I, 3rd Texas Infantry, Spanish-American War. Handbook of Texas Online.
Cureton, Calvin M., United States Volunteers, Spanish-American War, Call Number 401-226. [Possibly Corporal], Company I, 3rd Texas Infantry, Spanish-American War. Texas Adjutant General Service Records 1836-1935.

Other Resources

Calvin Maples Cureton, birth date 9/1/1874 in Bosque County; death date 4/8/1940 in Austin, Travis County; Chief Justice, State Supreme Court. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
Obituary and photo, "Chief Justice Cureton Dies after Long Illness," The Clifton Record, 4/12/1940, pp. 1, 8, crediting Nellie Pederson Civic Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Photographs

Photograph. C.M. Curleton, 32nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. C.M. Cureton, 31st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. C.M. Cureton, Texas Jurists Collection
Photograph. Calvin Maples Cureton, Texas Jurists Collection

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

31st session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, north wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
32nd session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

32nd R.S. - 1911 Appropriations Subcommittee on the Agricultural and Mechanical College Appropriations Subcommittee on the Prairie View Normal Banks and Banking Civil and Criminal Procedure Insurance Judiciary Prohibition Amendment Election held July 22, 1911, Investigate
31st 1st C.S. - 1909 Banks and Banking Commerce and Manufactures Insurance Judiciary Public Buildings and Grounds Reforms in Civil and Criminal Procedure
31st R.S. - 1909 Banks and Banking Public Buildings and Grounds Reforms in Civil and Criminal Procedure

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